My paed said that it's not what the mother eats but the fact that the baby HAS to eat - does that make sense? It doesn't matter what the breast milk tastes like, it's not that that's causing the problem, so a change in diet doesn't help a lot.
Although, saying that, I have given up caffeine (didn't drink a lot anyway) and only eat small amounts of dairy and found that to make a small difference, but I am pretty sure that the losec is doing most of the work.
I'm not actually sure about that Lewis's Mummy, I know that it definitely neutralises the stomach acid - but my little one isn't a chucker, she has silent reflux so I don't actually know if it stops the vomiting, sorry!
Losec works by stopping the acid production, it is generally the better type of med for reflux. Infant gaviscon works by trying to thicken what is in there so it won't come up as easy, which is different to adult gaviscon which neutralises acid.
I was told 4ml of mylanta up to 4 times a day, if this doesn't help, then to go on the losec. With the vomitting though, like you said it is cause of the weak muscle, so no med will actually stop the vomitting, but will work to decrease the amount of acid in it so that it doesn't burn. It sounds like you need to go back and get a new med prescribed.
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